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marmite and saffron butter on toast

 
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dpack



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 26, 24 5:25 pm    Post subject: marmite and saffron butter on toast Reply with quote
    

what it says above, nice bread well toasted, a little marmite, sufficient saffron butter

i was surprised
1 that i considered it
and 2 it is delicious

well worth a try, it would work on crumpets, muffins, bagels etc as well

 
Nicky cigreen



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 26, 24 8:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I didn't even know saffron butter was a thing..

 
tahir



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 26, 24 10:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Those were the days; marmite, proper bread of any kind…

 
Mistress Rose



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 27, 24 7:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

No, I hate even the smell of Marmite. Tahir, 'proper' bread is available or make your own, you just have to know where to look for it.

 
dpack



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 27, 24 8:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

it would work on gluten free toast as well as it does on spelt sourdough, gluten free crumpets are a supermarket product or can easily be made, real toast does have an edge on most "without" versions

saffron butter
soften 50 gm good salted butter* if the butter is "industrial quality" add some coarse sea salt
with a fork press/fold 20 strands into the butter, forming a small block as it cools
wrap in baking paper and rest in fridge for a couple of days

it improves over a week and keeps for several if needs be or will prevails over moreishness

good on baked and fondant potatoes, good on fish as well(you might want to swerve the marmite with those )

*it might work with veg "not butter" spreads, i am not going to find out

 
dpack



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 27, 24 8:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Nicky cigreen wrote:
I didn't even know saffron butter was a thing..


i dont think i have seen it as a product, but it is a very old tradition if one has butter and saffron
a good way to distribute the flavour for cooking or spreading

the best flavours of saffron are soluble in fats and takes a while to extract from the strands
hence soaking it in milk for saffron buns etc and using it in cream based things

 
Nicky cigreen



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 27, 24 10:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

dpack wrote:
Nicky cigreen wrote:
I didn't even know saffron butter was a thing..


i dont think i have seen it as a product, but it is a very old tradition if one has butter and saffron
a good way to distribute the flavour for cooking or spreading

the best flavours of saffron are soluble in fats and takes a while to extract from the strands
hence soaking it in milk for saffron buns etc and using it in cream based things


sounds like a good idea. I have made other butters - e.g. wild garlic butter - not that you would want to eat that on toast with marmite! ( but excellent in cooking)

 
tahir



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 27, 24 3:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

dpack wrote:
it would work on gluten free toast as well as it does on spelt sourdough


Marmite contans gluten

 
tahir



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 27, 24 3:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Mistress Rose wrote:
No, I hate even the smell of Marmite. Tahir, 'proper' bread is available or make your own, you just have to know where to look for it.


Our local bakers do a pretty decent gluten free loaf, much better than any supermarket one we've tried

 
Nicky cigreen



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 27, 24 4:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

tahir wrote:
dpack wrote:
it would work on gluten free toast as well as it does on spelt sourdough


Marmite contans gluten


I read somewhere that supermarket own marmite is often gluten free. might be worth checking out?

 
dpack



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 27, 24 5:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

tahir wrote:
dpack wrote:
it would work on gluten free toast as well as it does on spelt sourdough


Marmite contans gluten


oops did not know, sorry

 
Mistress Rose



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 28, 24 7:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Sorry Tahir, forgot you need gluten free. There are a lot of other flours available now, such as buckwheat. Not sure if that contains gluten as it isn't a 'grain' as such.

Thanks for that info Nicky, I didn't realise that saffron (which I have never actually used) or wild garlic need oil to get the best flavour. Will remember that at wild garlic time as we have lots.

Dpack, Marmite is salty enough without adding extra salt to the butter. Horrible stuff. Husband used to use it but it upsets his stomach now, so when he used it our son and I disappeared before he opened the jar as we can't even stand the smell.

 
gz



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 28, 24 8:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Buckwheat is GF.
I use Vegemite...it does seem less salty with more taste.
Anyone remember Vecon ? Green and even more vegetably. I did see it a couple of years ago in a wholefood shop.

 
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